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Ships that never die BAYANNA (US 150811) Built as ARAGON in 1896 by the Detroit Dry Dock Co.eat Wyandotte, With a length of 249 Mich. feet, beam of 41 feet anda depth of 17 feet, she was listed as being 1,643 gross tons and 1,900 deadweight. Her power plant consisted of a triple-expansion steam engine with cylinders 17"- 273"—-46" x 36" stroke. Steam was supplied by one coal- fired scotch marine boiler 12°6" x 12'. Her speed was 10.5 knotse In 1927 she was converted to a self-unloader having a boom length of 86 feet and equipped with a scraper type unloader. She was ultimately transferred to Canadian reg- Photo by Kenneth E. Smith In 1946 she was renamed BAYANNA and was wrecked on a shoal off Deseronto, on Dec. 5, 1962. months she was refloated but a decision was made to dis- mantle her after she was de- clared unfit for further service afloat. She was dismantled at De- seronto on the Bay of Quinte in Lake Ontario. Her wooden. superstructure was burned off and the metal hull was towed to shore, cut up into scrap and trucked awaye We look upon this ancient war- rior who served many differ- ent owners during her career as one of the grand old gals of the Lakes. Gary Kazor 0 C)